Railway-tie and fastening.



W. E. CLARK. RAILWAY TIE AND PASTENING.

APPLICATION ILED SEPT. 22., 1909.

Patented May 17, 1910.

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WILLIAM E. CLARK, OI?y CHARLESTOWN, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

RAILWAY-'rin AND FASTENING.

' ySpecification of Letters Patent.

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Application nled September 22, 1909.. Serial No. 518.939.

'To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM E. CLARK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Charlestown, in the county of Sullivan and State nof New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties and Fastenings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the sub-ject of railway ties and fasteners, and has in view an improved raill t-ie construction and rail fastening wherein all of the advantages of the wooden tie are preserved, while at the same time n sting the present modern re-v quirements in railway track construction. l. To this end the invention contemplates a siinple and practical form of rail support ,adaptable to any suitable form of tie body,

metallic or otherwise, and providing not only a substantial and deep wooden bearing cushion for the rail, but at the same time havingcoperating elements which se-l curely fasten the rail in place and at the same time resist, in an effectual manner, side or lateral thrust, particularly at curves.

With these and many other objects in view, which will more readily appear to those familiar with the art, as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the lnovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated and claimed.

The essential features of -the invention are necessarily susceptible to structural modification without departingl from the scope thereof, but a preferred and practical enibodiment thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a complete rail tie and fastening, embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of one end portion of the tie showing one of the rail supports and thefastenings associated tl erewith. Fig. 3 is' a detail vertical longitu al sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Figa is a detail verticalcross .sectional view on the line t-Ll of Fig. 3.

Fig, 5 is a detail top plan View of one end portion of the tie body. Fig.6 is a detaill fastenings may be associated with any acceptable forni of tie body, metallic or otherwise, which presents a fiat top or base upon which may be mounted the several elements constituting the invention. However, in practice, it is preferred to combine the invention with a metallic tie, such for instance as a metallic tie body of a T-bar design as shown in the drawings. The tie body is -designated in the drawings by the reference number 10, and in the form shown, includes a flat topflange 11 and a depending vertical web 12. This web may have associatedv therewith wooden, metal, or other suitable anchoring pieces 13.suitably secured to the lower edge portion of the web and projecting from the sides of the latter so that the ballast may be tamped about said pieces and the tie web in such a manner as to securely hold the tie in position in the road bed.

These anchoring pieces 18, of whatever character, preferably terminate short of the cen-l tral part of the tie body to avoid centerbound track.

The improved support for each rail essentially comprises a wooden rail'bearing cushion 14 arranged on the flat top 11 of the tie body, and an inverted U-shaped metallic i'ail chair or chair plate 15 arranged over and 'embracing the said cushion and having vertical side leg portions lt loosely interlocking at their lower ends in keeper notches v17 formed in the sideedges of the tie body. The wooden bearing cushion is of a. suihcient thickness to provide a substantial and' deep wooden cushion for the rail., and said cushion, as well as the chair plate, are held securely in position through the medium of diagonally` opposite .vertically arran ed fastening bolts 1S passed upward from t(beneath-the top flange of the tie body and vertically through'the bearing cushion 14 andthel chair plate 15 respectively at .opposite sides of the vertical plane vof the transverse rail seat 19 notched into the top of thechair plate 15. This rail seat receives,

in a registering fit, the rail iiange, and the latter is engaged upon opposite sides of the seat by rail-holdiiig clip nuts Q0 which are threaded on the upper ends of `the bolts above the top of the chair plate. The clip nuts 20 are provided with mutilated clamp flanges 21, the cut-away portions .9.2 of which,'when alinedl with the rail seat 19, permitA the ready insertion andreinoval of the rail, while at 2 v y existes the same time, when the nuts are turned, the flanges 21^are moved over and onto the rail flange. p

- Other equivalent fastenin' s could be substituted Without departing rom the invention. f I

I claim:

A tie-body having a top flange provided in opposite edges with angulainotches, Va Wooden rail-bearing cushion arranged flatly on top of said body, an Ainver-ted U-shaped chair-plate placed astride said cushion andv v having its side legs registering Within said notches, the said chair plate being formed in its to side with adepression constituting 15 a metalic rail seat with shoulders at the sides, and rail-fastenings having members extending through the chair plate, the oushf ion, and the flange of the tie-body.

In testimony whereof I-hereunto aiix my 20 signature inthe presence of two Witnesses. 1

WILLIAM. E. CLARK. 

